BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers prevails over Birmingham City 4-2. Blackburn Rovers capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Wednesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Leigh Doughty with the collaboration of Nigel Lugg and George Byrne. The 4th official was Oliver Langford. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 4.88 degrees Celsius or 40.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Blackburn Rovers

4 - 2

Birmingham City

  • 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
  • 11 Total 26
  • 6 On Target 6
  • 2 Off Target 13
  • 3 Shots blocked 7
  • 91 Attack 102
  • 63 Dangerous attack 44
  • 84 Ball safe 92
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 9
Fouls
  • 12 Total 6
  • 4 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 2 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Blackburn Rovers was in firm control of the ball 60% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Blackburn Rovers was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Blackburn Rovers won the match​.

Blackburn Rovers shot 11 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City shot 26 times, 6 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards (Adam Wharton, Harry Leonard, Lewis Travis and Sondre Tronstad). Talking about the opposition, Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards (Krystian Bielik and Emanuel Aiwu).

Match Timeline

H. Leonard- sub ->Tyrhys Dolan
16'
28'
Emanuel Aiwu- Yellow
S. Tronstad- Yellow
31'
33'
35'
Krystian Bielik- Yellow
A. Sigurðsson- sub ->Lewis Travis
46'
Sammie Szmodics(goal)Adam Wharton
47'
Sammie Szmodics(goal)Harry Leonard
52'
59'
63'
Siriki Dembélé(goal)Cody Drameh
62'
Ethan Laird- sub ->Emanuel Aiwu
76'
Oliver Burke- sub ->Lukas Jutkiewicz
76'
Scott Hogan- sub ->Krystian Bielik
76'
Koji Miyoshi- sub ->Krystian Bielik
78'
Siriki Dembélé(goal)Scott Hogan
80'
85'
G. Gardner- sub ->Jordan James
H. Leonard- Yellow
87'
H. Leonard(goal)Andrew Moran
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Leicester City
97
46
Ipswich Town
96
46
Leeds United
90
46
Southampton
87
46
West Bromwich Albion
75
46
Norwich City
73
46
Hull City
70
46
Middlesbrough
69
46
Coventry City
64
46
Preston North End
63
46
Bristol City
62
46
Cardiff City
62
46
Millwall
59
46
Swansea City
57
46
Watford
56
46
Sunderland
56
46
Stoke City
56
46
Queens Park Rangers
56
46
Blackburn Rovers
53
46
Sheffield Wednesday
53
46
Plymouth Argyle
51
46
Birmingham City
50
46
Huddersfield Town
45
46
Rotherham United
27
46

After playing this contest, Blackburn Rovers will have 28 points like Preston North End to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City will stay with 22 points like Coventry City to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away against Bristol City on the 10th of April with a 6-6 head to head stats.

Birmingham City will host Cardiff City on the 10th of April with a 12-4 head to head stats in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers
G
Leopold Wahlstedt 12.Sweden
7.1
D
Harry Pickering 3.England
7.0
D
James Hill 4.England
7.7
59'
D
Hayden Carter 17.England
7.3
D
Lewis Travis 27.England
6.6
46' 33'
M
Callum Brittain 2.England
7.0
M
S. Tronstad 6.Norway
7.1
31'
M
Sammie Szmodics 8.England
9.1
47', 52'
M
Adam Wharton 23.England
7.8
80'
M
Andrew Moran 24.Republic of Ireland
7.0
F
T. Dolan 10.England
7.0
16'
Substitutes
G
Joe Hilton 34.England
D
P. Gamble 15.England
M
A. Sigurðsson 7.Iceland
6.3
46'
M
J. Garrett 30.England
F
D. Markanday 18.England
F
H. Leonard 20.England
8.4
16' 87' 90'
F
S. Telalović 33.Germany

Blackburn Rovers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Leopold Wahlstedt (7.1), Lewis Travis (6.6), James Hill (7.7), Hayden Carter (7.3), Harry Pickering (7.0), Sondre Tronstad (7.1), Adam Wharton (7.8), Andrew Moran (7.0), Sammie Szmodics (9.1), Callum Brittain (7.0) and Tyrhys Dolan (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Arnór Sigurdsson (6.3), Patrick Gamble, Dilan Markanday, Harry Leonard (8.4), Jake Garrett, Tom Atcheson, Semir Telalović, Joe Hilton and Leo Duru.

Blackburn Rovers could not rely on the presence of Harry Leonard (injured) and Arnór Sigurdsson (injured).

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 2 changes: Tyrhys Dolan for Harry Leonard (16′) and Lewis Travis for Arnór Sigurdsson (46′).

Player of the match: Sammie Szmodics​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Sammie Szmodics.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 50 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Birmingham City – Formation

Birmingham City
G
John Ruddy 21.England
6.4
D
Lee Buchanan 3.England
6.6
D
Dion Sanderson 5.England
6.6
D
Emanuel Aiwu 44.Austria
6.4
62' 28'
D
Cody Drameh 12.England
7.1
M
Krystian Bielik 6.Poland
6.7
76' 35'
M
J. Bacuna 7.Netherlands
7.0
M
Siriki Dembélé 17.Scotland
8.9
63', 78'
M
J. James 19.Wales
7.5
85'
M
Lukas Jutkiewicz 10.England
6.7
76'
F
J. Stansfield 28.England
6.7
Substitutes
G
N. Etheridge 1.Philippines
D
Ethan Laird 2.England
7.3
62'
D
Marc Roberts 4.England
D
M. Emmanuel 23.England
M
Koji Miyoshi 11.Japan
7.0
76'
M
G. Gardner 20.England
6.4
85'
M
Ivan Šunjić 34.Croatia
F
Scott Hogan 9.Republic of Ireland
7.0
76'
F
Oliver Burke 45.Scotland
6.4
76'

Also Birmingham City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Wayne Mark Rooney played with: John Ruddy (6.4), Cody Drameh (7.1), Emanuel Aiwu (6.4), Dion Sanderson (6.6), Lee Buchanan (6.6), Jordan James (7.5), Krystian Bielik (6.7), J. Bacuna (7.0), Lukas Jutkiewicz (6.7), Siriki Dembélé (8.9) and Jay Stansfield (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Ethan Laird (7.3), Koji Miyoshi (7.0), Neil Etheridge , Marc Roberts, Scott Hogan (7.0), Gary Gardner (6.4), Emmanuel Longelo, Ivan Šunjić and Oliver Burke (6.4).

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 5 changes: Emanuel Aiwu for Ethan Laird (62′), Lukas Jutkiewicz for Oliver Burke (76′), Krystian Bielik for Koji Miyoshi (76′), Krystian Bielik for Scott Hogan (76′) and Jordan James for Gary Gardner (85′).

Player of the match: Siriki Dembélé​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was Siriki Dembélé.

His rating is (8.9) with 2 goals, 21 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 14. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​